She could never have imagined that, one day, her ex-mother-in-law and her nanny would be on the same side, scheming to make her get back together with her scumbag ex-husband.
Joanna could not stand it anymore. She went to the kitchen and brought out the marinated lemon chicken feet to relieve her craving.
As soon as the chicken feet were placed on the table, the fragrance spread. Susan could smell it too.
"That smells good! Did you make that?"
Susan could not help being attracted to the smell.
She went to the dining room and was surprised to see the chicken feet on the dining table.
"Wanna try one?"
Joanna had already put on the gloves and was ready to dig in.
She had been craving sour food lately due to her pregnancy. She could not wait to start eating.
Susan looked apprehensive, but her hand took the chicken foot anyway.
After eating one, her eyes immediately tripled in size.
"Did… did you really make this? It's so good!"
She no longer cared that she was a lady of a rich family. She could hardly wait to eat another one.
She was accustomed to all kinds of delicacies, but Joanna's lemon chicken feet had truly made her fall in love!
"If I had known that your lemon chicken feet were so delicious, I wouldn't have let you and Ace divorce. Why didn't you tell me you're so skillful?"
Susan wished she could eat all the chicken feet in Joanna's plate.
Joanna did not expect that her difficult ex-mother-in-law would be won over by an ordinary plate of lemon chicken feet.
Unfortunately, it was too late now…
"Do you have more of this? I'd like to bring some back for Ace."
Susan asked Joanna seriously.
"I have a bit more. If you want, I'll pack it for you."
Joanna said generously.
It felt good when someone liked the food she made, not to mention the person was the difficult mother- in-law she tried very hard to please back in the days.
Susan took the lemon chicken feet Joanna packed for her and left happily.
On the way out, she encountered a handsome man who was getting off a bus.
Her intuition told her that this man was not that simple.
"Who are you looking for?"
Susan stopped the man and asked snobbishly.
Haze looked Susan up and down, then smiled and said, "Joanna Pierce. I heard she's currently staying here."
"You're looking for Joanna?"
Susan immediately got defensive. She asked aggressively, "Why are you looking for my daughter-in- law? What's your relationship with her?"
"Your daughter-in-law?"
A playful expression crept onto Haze's handsome face.
So the well-dressed woman in front of him was Susan Milford, Joanna's former mother-in-law.
"As far as I know, Miss Pierce is currently single. It's a bit inappropriate for you to claim to be her mother-in-law like this."
"What do you know?"
Susan raised her chin high and said, 'If she's my daughter-in-law for a day, she's my daughter-in-law for a lifetime. Until the day she remarries, no one can replace my position as the "mother-in-law"."
Haze put his hands in his pockets and chuckled. "In that case, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. I'm actually here to take Miss Pierce to meet my parents. If everything goes well, she'll have a new mother-in-law soon."
Susan already had an impending sense of crisis before this, but after hearing what Haze said, the sense of crisis became even stronger. She immediately interrogated him, "Who are you? Who are your parents? What's your relationship with Joanna?"
Before Haze could answer, she added confidently, "Do you know how much Joanna loves my son? Do you know how much she yearns to be Mrs. Moran again? It's only a matter of time before she remarries my son. There's no way she would go meet your parents with you."
"Oh, really?"
Haze raised his eyebrows and smiled even wider. "Should we go ask her right now how much she loves your son and how much she yearns to be Mrs. Moran again?"
"Ahem!"
Susan immediately pursed her lips and said, somewhat guiltily, "There's no need for that. Let's wait and see what happens."
If they really were to go ask Joanna now, Susan's lie would be exposed for sure. She would never do such a humiliating thing!
"Anyway, I advise you not to waste your time. Her ex-husband is Ace Moran. There's no way she would fall for a nobody!"
Haze was not upset. Instead, he said cheerfully, "Like you said, let's wait and see what happens!"
After leaving the Moran Villa, Susan rushed to the headquarters of Moran Group.
When the employees saw her, they knew trouble was coming. They quickly immersed themselves in their work and tried to keep a low profile.
"Where's my son? I want to see him right away!"
Susan went all the way to the CEO's office on the top floor, slammed the table and asked the secretary.
"Miss Susan, the CEO is in an executive meeting. Why don't you wait for him in the lounge? I'll make you a cup of tea."
"No! This can't wait!"
Without saying another word, Susan headed straight for the meeting room and pushed open the door. "Son, this is urgent. Get out of there. I need to tell you something!"
Ace was sitting tall and imposing in the center like a king. He frowned when he saw his mother. "I'm in a meeting. Whatever you want to tell me, it can wait."
Susan rushed in impatiently and said, "Who cares about the meeting? You're about to lose your wife! You need to act now!"
"Wow!"
As soon as she said that, dozens of H Group's executive members exclaimed in surprise under their breaths, unable to maintain their solemn and serious expression any longer. They were eagerly waiting to hear more of the gossip.
After all, the Moran Group was, without a doubt, the place that contained the highest number of "stans" of the "Joanna-Ace ship".
Ace rubbed his temples. He wished he could dig a hole and jump into it.
He got up and, while walking out of the meeting room, told Susan in low voice, 'We'll talk in my office."
Susan nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's more like it!"
After they left, the senior executives of Moran Group immediately discussed with each other what just happened.
"I knew it, our CEO hasn't moved on from his wife. He's gonna win her back now!"
"I bet 100,000 dollars that Joanna and Ace will get back together!" "I'm not optimistic. The CEO's wife looks like the kind of person who wouldn't look back. I bet 500,000 dollars that it's over for them!" "100,000 dollars on reconciliation!"